Chia-Fen Tsai, MD, PhD

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2018–2023Active
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Excess Mortality Associated With Schizophrenia

Original Research

Excess Mortality Associated With Schizophrenia

September 13, 2023

Females, patients with connective tissue disorders, and those aged 20 years or younger were especially impacted by the effect of schizophrenia on increasing mortality.

Chih-Ming Cheng, Wen-Han Chang, Shih-Jen Tsai, et al

Original Research

Coaggregation of BD-I/BD-II With Major Psychiatric Disorders

September 7, 2021

Etiologic differences between bipolar I and II disorders have been challenged recently. This study used a large nationwide database to determine the risk of familial aggregation of specific psychiatric...

Tung-Ping Su, Mu-Hong Chen, Cheng-Ta Li, et al

Original Research

OCD and Dementia Risk

May 11, 2021

Case reports suggest a link between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and dementia, but this association has received little research. The current study investigated dementia risk among OCD patients using a...

Mu-Hong Chen, Chih-Ming Cheng, Shih-Jen Tsai, et al

Original Research

Mortality Prediction Model for Dementia Patients

June 11, 2019

Using an 11-year follow-up of a population-based retrospective cohort, a risk score model identified 11 acute and chronic factors to predict mortality for dementia patients. A suitable care plan...

Mu-Hong Chen, Cheng-Ta Li, Shih-Jen Tsai, et al

Original Research

Polypharmacy and Cognitive Impairment and Capacity

September 25, 2018

Polypharmacy has been shown to be associated with dementia, though its relationship to mild cognitive impairment (MCI), often a precursor to dementia, has received less study. Read this article...

Shih-Jen Tsai, Wen-Han Chang, Chih-Ming Cheng, et al

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